Adventures of Captain Africa

Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and, primarily, "The Desert Hawk-1944", with John Hart and the always-dull Rick Vallin making less-than-adequate substitutes for Tom Tyler and Gilbert Roland, this Sam Katzman "production" finds the mighty jungle avenger and legendary Captain Africa - A "Phantom" rip-off that side-stepped the need to pay King Features another fee for using the character - pledging to see that the legitimate Arabian caliph, Hamid, is restored to the throne which a tyrannical rival has usurped. He is joined in this enterprise by adventurer Ted Arnold, wild-animal trapper Nat Coleman, and his assistant Omar and, to cover all bases

Cast

John Hart Captain Africa Rick Vallin Ted Arnold Ben Welden Omar

June Howard Princess Rhoda

Bud Osborne Nat Coleman Paul Marion Abdul el Hamid Paul Marion Boris - Henchman Terry Frost Greg - Henchman Edward Coch Balu (as Ed Coch) Edward Coch Prime Minister

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